SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldM to Conservative@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days ago‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speechwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-link‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speechwww.theguardian.comSatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldM to Conservative@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoThe issue isn’t him specifically, it’s that the US government has shown it can and will silence anyone who says something it doesn’t like.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoRight but we knew that. I mean, Kimmel isn’t the first.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoNo, he is not, although Colbert just wasn’t renewed for another year and remains until May 2026 rather than immediately being taken off the air. This is an escalation.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThis is perhaps the most blatant example of the federal government making a direct threat to shut someone down, a comedian no less.
The issue isn’t him specifically, it’s that the US government has shown it can and will silence anyone who says something it doesn’t like.
Right but we knew that. I mean, Kimmel isn’t the first.
No, he is not, although Colbert just wasn’t renewed for another year and remains until May 2026 rather than immediately being taken off the air. This is an escalation.
This is perhaps the most blatant example of the federal government making a direct threat to shut someone down, a comedian no less.